Re: Laser printer connection puzzle!

On Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:22:52 +0000, Chris Ridd wrote:

On 2007-11-23 14:18:32 +0000, Ian Cargill <ian@xxxxxxxxxx> said:

In article <474602ba$0$8411$db0fefd9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
"Graham J" <graham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Ian Cargill" <ian@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:ian-4D3262.20363322112007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
In article <Xns99F06B834932Frexxdeansaund@xxxxxxxxxxx>,
Rexx Magnus <trashcan@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:27:39 GMT, Ian Cargill wrote:

snip> > makes very little sense to me! The plain fact is that all of
the Macs on
the network can print to the new laserprinter but the PC just refuses to
see it! It is intensely frustrating!

OK

Q1. What is the IP address of the printer?

The printer gives an IP address for itself which is 169.254.164.199. I
can ping it - all the Macs on the network can - but I don't think the PC
can (my colleage tried earlier and said it didn't ping. He's gone now -
perhaps someone could explain how to do ping from a PC?).

Open a command prompt. Type "ping " and an IP address or hostname. Hit
return. Berate your colleague :-)

Maybe this is a shot in the dark, but are you sure that an XP machine will
ping a 169.254.x.x address? This is the automatic private autoassigned IP
range that machines give themselves when they fail to find a DHCP server
when, set to use one. I would be rather suspicious of any machine with this
address.


--
Woody


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